Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (7)
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 27, 2015
Text last updated October 27, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooikeelfisant |
| Catalan | francolí gorja-roig |
| Czech | frankolín rudohrdlý |
| Dutch | Roodkeelfrankolijn |
| English | Red-necked Spurfowl |
| English (South Africa) | Red-necked/Cranch's Spurfowl |
| English (United States) | Red-necked Spurfowl |
| French | Francolin à gorge rouge |
| French (France) | Francolin à gorge rouge |
| German | Rotkehlfrankolin |
| Japanese | アカノドシャコ |
| Norwegian | rødstrupefrankolin |
| Polish | szponiastonóg czerwonogardły |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Francolim-de-gola-vermelha |
| Russian | Красногорлый франколин |
| Serbian | Crvenovrati frankolin |
| Slovak | frankolínec červenohrdlý |
| Spanish | Francolín Gorjirrojo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Francolín gorjirrojo |
| Swedish | rödstrupig frankolin |
| Turkish | Al Boğazlı Turaç |
| Ukrainian | Турач рудогорлий |
| Zulu | isikhwehlesimqalabomvu |
Pternistis afer (Müller, 1776)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao afer
Müller, 1776. Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs, p.129.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Africa, ex Daubenton, PI. enlum., pi. 180. BengueUa, suggested as type locaUty by Sclater, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 41, 1920, p. 133.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PTERNISTIS
- afer
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Red-necked Francolin
